Downs Junior School
Rugby Road, Brighton, BN1 6ED
Local ranking7th of 44 primary schools in Brighton and Hove
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
512
Capacity
7-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 60.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 127
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 499
- Boys
- 258 (52%)
- Girls
- 241 (48%)
- Capacity
- 512 (97% full)
- SEND
- 20.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.8%
- EAL
- 13.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.0%
- SEN Support
- 14.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 21.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,606/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.5%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.5%
- White Other: 7.2%
- Other: 7.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Black African: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
63.5%
White British
7.2%
White Other
7.2%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 114366
- UKPRN
- 10070656
- Establishment No.
- 2009